{"id":31069,"date":"2020-08-30T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T10:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=31069"},"modified":"2020-08-31T22:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T20:08:03","slug":"weird-sex-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/weird-sex-myths-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Weird Sex Myths Debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"

We make up all sorts of stuff about sex. Birds and bees, storks bringing babies, damn, sex is confusing as heck. Some of those little oddities hang around and gather lives of their own until it\u2019s hard to remember a time when they didn\u2019t exist. We\u2019ve pulled together and debunked five of the stranger myths that feel like they could be true, but aren\u2019t. You\u2019re welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Coca-Cola Is A Spermicide<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You might not have heard of this one, but since the 1950\u2019s, some have believed that douching with Coca-Cola after sex can help prevent pregnancy. It\u2019s true. In fact, the belief in the efficacy of Coke-douching was so prevalent that a team of scientists was assigned to look into it. They said that there was, in fact, a chance that Coca-Cola would kill a small amount of sperm after sex, and even noted that Diet Coke was the most effective. (The scientists who conducted it were awarded the Nobel Prize as a result. I couldn\u2019t make this up.)<\/span><\/p>\n

    While the evidence suggested a very slight reduction in the probability of becoming pregnant when Coke was douched, it is absolutely not a safe or effective contraceptive in general. If you want an effective Coke-based contraceptive, just ask a new partner if it\u2019s ok if you douche with Diet Coke after you have sex. Then, no sex will occur.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Semen Makes Your Teeth Whiter<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Along with the idea that pineapple juice makes it taste better, there\u2019s a lot of folk who think semen makes their teeth whiter. Does it? Well, the American Dental Association has never put out a definitive statement one way or the other, so there\u2019s no official consensus. But we know this much: semen contains the nutrients zinc and calcium, both of which are known to promote healthy teeth. But, the amount of semen you would need for it to make a difference would be astronomical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      We\u2019ve crunched the numbers. It would take 22 ejaculations per day to make up the necessary zinc amount, and over 1,100 ejaculations to source enough calcium.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. You Can\u2019t Get Pregnant While Breastfeeding<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Another pregnancy-related one, there are 385 million results if you search this topic on google.\u00a0 But the truth is that, although many women celebrate the brief menstrual break their body gives them during pregnancy and after childbirth, periods and pregnancy are only indirectly related. Just because your period might have taken pause for a little while, it is still possible to become pregnant again in this period. So to speak. In other words, even if the various hormones that usually trigger ovulation are redirected to trigger lactation, ovulation is still possible, and therefore so is the chance for conception.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. Men Think About Sex Every 7 Seconds<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          It\u2019s so temptingly easy to distill all of the human masculinity down to its preoccupation with sex, isn\u2019t it? Unfortunately for overgeneralizers everywhere, it\u2019s just not true. It\u2019s not true consciously, where only 23% of men actively fantasize regularly, nor neurologically, where the various sexual receptors in the brain have been showed to only activate when directly stimulated. Men aren\u2019t quite the one-dimensional sex automatons as we assumed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. Sex Can Ruin Your Athletic Performance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Every now and then, a story emerges about a team coach prohibiting his players from engaging in sex before a big game, in the hopes of harvesting all that raw, sexual energy and channeling it into a good, competitive performance. But is there any truth to it?<\/span><\/p>\n

            Nope. <\/span>According to the only study I could find into the phenomenon<\/span><\/a>, \u201cdoubts remain regarding the possible negative impact of sexual activity the night before a competition.\u201d It goes onto say, rightly, that, \u201cthe sexual sphere is individual, and in this context, athletes should likely feel free to live their sexual activity in complete freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

            Strong words from a physiology academic report.<\/span><\/p>\n

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